Putinism s Authoritarian Allure

The Allure of Asia

And had a definite allure

An untidy little magazine called Allure.

How can this allure not wake my desire

Since then, it has been linked to all things of exceptionally graceful allure.

These invisible links that allure, these transfigurations, even of anguish, that hold us.

The allure of revolutionary élan has drawn some former leftists to the neo conservative side.

A fashion designer tirelessly pursued her life's work, each day adding to the allure of CHANEL.

The global financial crisis added to gold s allure, owing initially to fear of a second Great Depression.

But inside, women were as interested in allure, seduction, and pleasure as women anywhere in the world.

Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Stronger information campaigns directed at youth that counter the false allure of these products are much needed.

Anti Americanism and an aggressive foreign policy are, of course, part of the allure of men like Nasrullah.

But, more important, the EU needs to restore its allure, an integral part of which has always been economic prosperity.

But, given the perennial allure of a longer, youthful, and healthy life, I suspect that this situation will soon begin to change.

According to many close observers, America s attractiveness is declining in the region where the allure, or soft power, of others has increased.

The woman, of course, is aware of these connections she uses dress and make up to imitate nature and enhance her allure.

The allure of such appeals is that a crackdown on others tax avoidance will mean that you personally will pay less in taxes.

It establishes her place in the hierarchy and attracts the attention of the pimp, since her physical allure can be a source of great profit.

But, despite gold s heightened allure in the wake of an extraordinary run up in its price, it remains a very risky bet for most of us.

That allure is why foreign students from emerging countries around the world flock to Britain, putting millions of pounds annually into the coffers of its universities.

Education is the key to giving strained populations hope for a better future. And hope is fundamental to negating the allure of extremism, in all of its forms.

Little wonder, then, that French president Nicolas Sarkozy succumbed to the allure of protectionism during last year s election campaign, as did both presidential candidates in the United States.

Perhaps the allure of belonging to a growing reserve currency will make sustained recession and austerity feasible in ways that have seldom been seen historically. I doubt it.

Recent global financial turmoil has only added to Africa s allure, because its frontier markets are less vulnerable to international volatility than are most of the world s more familiar emerging economies.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Perhaps this time is different. Perhaps the allure of belonging to a growing reserve currency will make sustained recession and austerity feasible in ways that have seldom been seen historically. I doubt it.

The allure of revolutionary élan has drawn some former leftists to the neo conservative side. But most liberals were deeply alarmed by the neo cons, without being able to find a coherent answer.

But they are often sentimental about Churchill. He is the man whom many American presidents would like to emulate, not because of any racial affinities, but because of his allure as a wartime leader.

In addition, a report by The Economist titled A new fund attests to the country s allure and to the value of connections shows that Ethiopia s door for investment is opened preferentially based on connections.

Outside the walls of the typical Muslim households that I visited in Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt, all was demureness and propriety. But inside, women were as interested in allure, seduction, and pleasure as women anywhere in the world.

All of this cannot fail but to weaken Western democracy s allure in countries like Russia, where, unlike in the West or to a large extent the Arab world, those who are organizing the massive demonstrations against the government belong to the economic elite.

The current trend toward rose colored retrospection is a case in point. Faced with political, economic, geostrategic, and social uncertainty, policymakers have increasingly succumbed to the allure of nostalgia, promising a return to what they portray as the familiar and complete rules and practices of the past.